I recently downloaded Media Center 9 evaluation. I want to use it with the Cinemar MainLobby/MusicLobby products. I haven't started ripping my CD collection yet so music files are in a single directory with Artist - Title naming.
I'm having some problems with the Cover Art feature, both built-in and the plug-in.
A large number of downloaded covers are wrong - here are some examples of what I get:
Album title matches tag but artist is wrong
Album title matches artist name in tag but artist is wrong
Album title similar to artist name
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco (no album in tag) returned "Tav Falco's Panther Burns"
Feelin' Alright by Traffic (album: Traffic) returned "Traffic from Paradise" by Rickie Lee Jones
Nothing matches
Back 4 the Morning by Neja returned "Meja"
There doesn't seem to be much control over what is actually downloaded. If possible, this feature should have the ability to select and confirm the cover before adding.
Also, a number of my files have the same album names from different artists (Greatest Hits, Ultimate Collection, etc.). It seems the program creates files like
(Multiple Artists) - Greatest Hits.jpg
(Multiple Artists) - Ultimate Collection.jpg
and then uses these whenever the Album Name matches. The result is the wrong cover at least part of the time. A few don't match any artist in my collection.
Windows Media Player 9 seems to be more flexible and accurate with cover art, though I'm not sure exactly how they do it.
Any ideas?
Thanks.